We had decided to explore Knossos today so got started mid-morning, but it was still extraordinarily hot walking around the site. Knossos is deceptive since it has been partially reconstructed by Sir Arthur Evans, who conducted the first extensive excavations in 1900. He had purchased the entire site and, although not a traditionally trained archaeologist, he undertook to recreate it as he imagined it would be. Later archaeologists have been vocally upset by the methods he used. Nevertheless, it is a popular tourist destination because it offers more concrete (all puns intended) representations of the previous structures than a lot of the other archaeological sites do.
There are replicas of some friezes found there; the originals have been moved to other museums--oftentimes out of the country.
Massive reconstructed storage jars are pictured here
as is the royal road that connected the palace to the coast.
Hal, Di and Brian seek out some shade before we head out to find a hill town called Archanes, where we planned to get lunch. Notice the snazzy matching chapeaux worn by the Gowers!
We came back to our respective abodes for a rest, a shower and then we treated Di & Bri to dinner at the nice roof-top restaurant at our resort.
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